Laem Chabang to Los Angeles shipping route.

The shipping route from Laem Chabang, Thailand to Los Angeles, United States covers 7,827 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 13,362 km apart, so the ship sails 1.08 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 27.2 days at 12 knots, 23.3 days at 14 knots and 18.1 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 22 to 34 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 30 sailings by 6 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, HMM, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

683 nm of the route, 9% of it, lies inside North American ECA. In an emission control area ships must burn fuel with no more than 0.1% sulphur or clean the exhaust with scrubbers. That fuel costs more, and carriers add it to the ocean freight bill as a low sulphur or ECA surcharge.

Recent freight rates for THLCH to USLAX start at $4,495 for a 20GP and $6,525 for a 40GP ($6,575 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Los Angeles (USLAX) carriers give about 4 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Laem Chabang in this directory, Los Angeles is the 44th shortest. Closer destinations include Algeciras (7,794 nm), Valencia (7,537 nm) and Oakland (7,492 nm).